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Ross Barkley dropped, poor vs. Arsenal amidst exit talk

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Despite beating Everton, Arsenal will not be playing Champions League football next season for the first time in 20 years.

A reckless Laurent Koscielny challenge after just 14 minutes handed Everton an opportunity to claim a first win at the Emirates, but this 3-1 defeat pointed to a team still very much in transition as manager Ronald Koeman finishes his first season in charge. More than 75 minutes playing against 10 men ought to have been enough to rectify a sluggish start and engineer a first win at Arsenal since Jan. 1996, but it was not always clear which team had the numerical advantage.